Business Transformation World Summit Speakers: Explore Our Line-up

2026 C-Suite & Chief Transformation Officer Speakers

Anastasia Minor
Chief Transformation Officer
Entergy

Patrick Lenihan
VP Transformation
Eli Lilly and Company

Crystal Broj
Digital Transformation Chief & Officer
Medical University of South Carolina

Christopher Paquette
Chief Transformation Officer
Personify Health

Leila Kagawa
Chief Transformation Officer
HEMIC

Kayla Bourgeois
Chief Transformation Officer
Cast & Crew

Paul Krebs
Chief Information Officer and Chief Transformation Officer
Koch

Reto Sahli
SVP and Chief Information Officer, HAVI Supply Chain
HAVI

David Cuenca
Vice President, Process Transformation – CIO
IBM

Aarti Sharma
Director, R&D Strategic Priorities
AbbVie

Andreina Martinez
SVP | Business Transformation Leader
Interpublic Group (Ipg)

Shannon Favazza
Principal, Firm Planning & Execution Excellence
Edward Jones

2026 Change & Transformation Summit Speakers

Jennifer Chung
Vice President, Business Operations & Strategic Planning
Northwestern Mutual

Jacques McGregor
Vice President of Digital Transformation
Marathon Petroleum

Scott Vejdani
Sr. Principal, Organizational Transformation
Epsilon

Stephanie Keck
Director Change Enablement
Cox Automotive

Jon Nichols
Associate Director - Business Planning Center of Excellence
Clorox

Kristen Ziegler
Chief Human Resources Officer
The Bank of Missouri

Stephanie Licht
SVP, Sr. Director Process Optimization & Automation
Old National Bank

Ramona Mills
Organizational Change Management Lead - North America
Agco Corporation

Victoria Saplacan
Head of Business Transformation
E.ON

Mallory Vaughn
Head of Business Transformation Director
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

Steven Hall
Vice President, Strategic Excellence
United Network For Organ Sharing (UNOS)

Danielle LaMancuso
Senior Business Process Engineer
Northwest Savings Bank

Peter Lynch
Chief People Officer
Cardinal Group Companies

Bill Wong
Senior Director, Transformation & Business Insights
GWL Realty Advisors

Sandeep Chennikara
Senior Director, Transformation Strategy & Automation
Discover Financial Services

David Pley
Senior Director, Strategy
NAPA Auto Parts

Scott Kinross
Chief Data Officer
Northwest Bank

Hardeep Kaur
Director Business Transformation, Agility and Change Leadership
Merck, Sharp

Hillel Bierbrier
Vice President - Digital Transformation
Northern Trust Corporation

Thierry Mbandi
Senior Vice President, Head of Enterprise PMO
Northern Trust Corporation

Jenny Strange
Senior Director, Business Transformation Strategy and Design
Koch

Sanjay Thirumalai
Chief Global Delivery Officer
stout

Susan Marricone
Director, Business Transformation
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)

Robert Rowello
Global Head of Business Transformation
Magna International Inc.

Naomie Leccima
Head of Strategy and Transformation
MassMutual

Marcel Esqueu
VP - Finance Transformation and Financial Close - Corporate Finance
Guardian Life Insurance

Alexander Verkhoven
Senior Business Transformation Leader
World Vision Canada

Debora Ridner
Lead, IT Transformation and Organizational Change Management
World Bank Group

Elena Gerdjikova
Transformation Lead
World Bank Group

Marti Bates
Sr Director - Transformation Office
Edward Jones

David Friedman
Vice President, Project Management
GMMI

2026 OPEX & Continuous Improvement Summit Speakers

Ryan Mayer
Vice President BD Excellence MDS
BD (Becton Dickinson)

Alexander Breskvar
Vice President, Quality Management & EHS
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

Sridhar Krishnan
Vice President, Catalent Way
Catalent Pharma Solutions

Dina Patel
Global Head of Product Enablement
S&P Global

Ashley Peal
Director, Business Process Management
Bristol Myers Squibb

Hany Mikhaiel
Vice President, Corporate Continuous Improvement Central Services CI &Cs
B. Braun Medical

Luis Herrera
Director Business Transformation Office
Firstgroup America

Stephan Blasilli
Head of Business Process Excellence
EDP Renewables North America

Stacie Ruen
Director OPEX Transactional
Medtronic

Fraser Damoff
Head of Lean Centre of Excellence
Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)

Axel Ramm
Director of Engineering
Whirlpool Corporation

Nathalie Cubero
Head of Continuous Improvement
Experian

Olazhir Ledezma
Executive Vice President Strategic Planning
Bladex

Derek Robinson
Vice President of Business Transformation
Duke Health

Robert Benton
Director, Business Process Operational Excellence
Southern New Hampshire University

Sergio Bribiesca
SVP Process & Innovation
Bladex

Ashutosh Chaudhari
Senior Director of Process and Automation
Cisive

Stefana Rule
Chief Operating Officer
Kevin Turner Painting

Scott Gillan
VP, Strategic Transformation Architect, Global Business Services
Warner Bros Discovery

William Hornsby
Global VP, Operational Excellence
Dana Inc

Sandy Abel
Assistant Vice President, Operational Excellence
Space Coast Credit Union

Keith Clinkscale
Performance Management Director, Strategic Planning
Palm Beach County, FL.

Erlin Kakkanad
Assistant Director of OPEX
Principal

Jeff Slater
Director of Continuous Improvement
PQ Group

Kelly Perry
Associate Director, Operational Excellence
Vertex Pharmaceuticals

2026 Agentic AI Transformation Summit Speakers

Margarita Panzer
Senior Director, Digital Transformation
Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Elizabeth Barth-Thacker
VP Head of Data & Analytics
American Modern

Akshaya Murthy
Director - AI Transformation
Zendesk

Anurag Gupta
Vice President
Blackstone

Rob Jones
Executive Director, Global Data Risk Management
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Susan Lin
Director of Data, Analytics and Business Intelligence
Cornell University

Maciej Szymaszek
Senior Director, Strategy Implementation & Business Transformation
AstraZeneca

Rémi Raphael
Vice President of Digital Technology
Origis Energy

Tomer Lancewicki
Director of AI and Machine Learning
Walmart Global Tech

Srav Palepu
Sr Director, Data Platforms and AI Automation
Visa

Eran Nevo
Senior Director Data and AI
Teva Pharmaceutical

Manuel Campos Benítez
Director of Data & Analytics and Governance
Gerdau North America

Gary Dunbar
Director - Strategy, Operational Excellence & Digital Transformation
OpTerra Energy Services

Ariel Junqueira DeGarcia
Managing Director, AI and Emerging Technologies
Broadridge

Ash Dhupar
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Analog Devices

Cameron Nutter
Vice President, Head of Banking Strategy
Diebold Nixdorf

Paul Joseph
Next Gen Transformation Leader
KeyBank

Swarna Kuruganti
Enterprise AI, Data Intelligence
US Foods

Kartick Kalaimani
VP, Global Contract to Cash Value Stream Lead
Dentsu

Praveen Prahlad Madabhushi Harvard, MBA, MS(MIS), MS(EE)
BigData Architect
Citi Bank

Xiao Zhang
Director of Analytics and Data Solutions
University of Chicago

Deepa Chand
Director of Product, Data and AI Governance
GEICO

Lawrence Shieh
Investor & Client Data Owner
HarbourVest Partners

Gayatri Sharma
Director Digital Transformation
Global Telcom Organization

Amit Panalkar
Senior Director - Global Head of AI and Data Science, Portfolio Analytics Group
BlackRock

Rahul Zende
Principal Data Scientist
Navy Federal Credit Union

2026 Innovation Hall: The Showcase

Ray Lund
Director of Transformation
Owens & Minor

Peter Lynch
Chief People Officer
Cardinal Group Companies

MEET THE 2026 BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION AWARDS JUDGING PANEL:

Stacie Ruen
Director OPEX Transactional
Medtronic

Cristian Matei
CEO
Advanced Thinking

Ruben Del Toro
Director, Kaizen Promotion Office
Signature Aviation

Larry Crews
Senior Process Engineer
Cigna

Glenn Johnson
Process Excellence Manager
Velera

Samantha Bureau-Johnson
Senior Vice President Enterprise Change Management Executive and Customer Experience
First Citizens Bank

Beth Johnson
Director, Head of Credit Card Operations for Consumer Finance
Goldman Sachs

Rush Fozo
Senior Vice President, Investment Operations Outsourcing
Northern Trust

Jason Schulist
President
Generative Local Community Institute

Ekaterina Curry
Managing Director, Head of Operations, Multifamily/LeaseTrack
Millennial Specialty Insurance

Kartick Kalaimani
VP, Global Contract to Cash Value Stream Lead
Dentsu

Jacques McGregor
Vice President of Digital Transformation
Marathon Petroleum

FOR TRANSFORMATION LEADERS, BY TRANSFORMATION LEADERS | MEET THE 2026 ADVISORY BOARD:

Samantha Bureau-Johnson
SVP & Director, Customer Contact Center
First Citizens Bank

Carolyn Lum
Retired Vice President, Operational Excellence
Philip Morris International

Derek Robinson
Vice President of Business Transformation
Duke Health

Dominic Skerritt
Partner, Transformation Practice
McKinsey

Kristin Johnson
Chief Operating Officer
Edward Jones

Alexander Breskvar
Vice President, Quality Management & EHS
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

Stephan Blasilli
Head of Business Process Excellence
EDP Renewables North America

Jacques McGregor
Vice President of Digital Transformation
Marathon Petroleum

Victoria Saplacan
Head of Business Transformation
E.ON

Steven Hall
Vice President, Strategic Excellence
United Network For Organ Sharing (UNOS)

Patrick Lenihan
VP Transformation
Eli Lilly and Company

Crystal Broj
Digital Transformation Chief & Officer
Medical University of South Carolina

Christopher Paquette
Chief Transformation Officer
Personify Health

Gerald Lackey
Commissioner
Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

Beth Johnson
Director, Head of Credit Card Operations for Consumer Finance
Goldman Sachs

Rush Fozo
Senior Vice President, Investment Operations Outsourcing
Northern Trust

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